English 'disruption' comes from Latin 'disrumpere' (to break apart), from 'dis-' (apart) + 'rumpere' (to break), from PIE *Hrewp- (to snatch, to tear) — the same root that produced 'rupture,' 'bankrupt,' 'corrupt,' and 'rob,' making Silicon Valley's favorite word literally 'a tearing apart.'
Disturbance or problems that interrupt an event, activity, or process; radical change to an existing industry or market by a new innovation.
From Latin 'disruptiōnem' (accusative singular of 'disruptiō'), a breaking apart, a bursting asunder, from 'disrumpere' / 'dirumpere' (to break apart, to shatter, to burst asunder), compounded from 'dis-' (apart, in different directions, asunder) and 'rumpere' (to break, to burst, to snap). The PIE root of 'rumpere' is *Hrewp- (to snatch, to tear apart, to break violently) — also the source of 'rupture,' 'corrupt' (thoroughly broken apart), 'interrupt' (broken in the middle), 'abrupt' (broken off suddenly), 'bankrupt' (broken bank), and 'rob' (Germanic descendant of the same root). The Latin noun 'disruptiō' appeared in classical texts for the shattering of natural objects — rocks
'Disruption,' 'rupture,' 'corrupt,' 'bankrupt,' and 'rob' all descend from PIE *Hrewp- (to tear, to snatch). A corrupt official has been 'thoroughly broken'; a bankrupt person has a 'broken bench' (from Italian 'banca rotta'); and a disruption is a 'breaking apart.' Silicon Valley's favorite buzzword shares a root with robbery.